->''Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it! .... Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!Fix it!''
->-- Fry, ''{{Futurama}}''

Sometimes the fans think that ThePowersThatBe screwed it. Maybe they've [[TheChrisCarterEffect wasted the storyline]], or they went for [[ClicheStorm the obvious]] when a [[{{Fanon}} better solution]] should have been favoured. Maybe they've [[{{Shipping}} paired the wrong couple]] together, or they've [[CharacterDerailment derailed]] the character or they don't even understand who the [[DracoInLeatherPants true hero]] of the story should be. Or, even worse, [[DroppedABridgeOnHim they've killed]] the most important character.

Whatever the reason, some fans are dissatisfied and they won't be content to complain about it. They're going to fix it. In a {{fanfic}}.

Fix Fics come in two varieties. Either they can be an AlternateUniverseFic that ignores the [[DisContinuity unwanted elements]] and replace them with something better. Or they can be an elaborate explanation in story form that [[{{fanwank}} gives a whole new spin]] to the latest episode/chapter/volume.

The motivations for writing these can vary greatly, along with the perceived justification -- they may want to "correct" something [[MisaimedFandom that went just fine]], or want to offer an alternative to something [[WallBanger incredibly stupid]]. Unfortunately, like all fanfic, most of these [[SturgeonsLaw suck]], no matter the intentions, and even the well-intentioned ones can [[VoodooShark counter bad decisions with equally bad or worse decisions]]. It's [[SubjectiveTrope all subjective]] of course.

Some Fix Fics use a PeggySue to get the ball rolling. Others bring in a FixerSue.

Usually a side effect of DieForOurShip or HesJustHiding.

Compare RetCon, the {{Canon}} version of a FixFic. In very rare cases, may lead to SureWhyNot.

[Note: this is not to be confused with a ''fixup,'' which is a novel comprised of older and/or unpublished short pieces of fiction. TheOtherWiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixup nice discussion of these.]]]
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!!Examples:
* Perhaps the single most successful and best-known ''commercial'' example of FixFic is the ''SuperRobotWars'' series; they quite often take series that are seen as "good but flawed", such as ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' or ''ZetaGundam,'' and then proceed to "correct" what the fandom (and sometimes the professional critics) identify as narrative problems in the individual stories when making the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover plots for the games. Examples include having [[{{Evangelion}} Shinji]] become a much more mature, rational person due to more human contact or fixing some of the CharacterDerailment that affected ''GundamSEEDDestiny.'' Other times they simply provide the "best" scenario possible from ambiguous works, such as Amuro and Char surviving their final showdown in ''[[MobileSuitGundam Char's Counterattack]]'', or preventing tragic character deaths such as [[spoiler: [[MartianSuccessorNadesico Gai Daigoji]] or [[GundamZZ Elpe Puru]]]].
** And speaking of ''{{Gundam SEED Destiny}}'', fanfic author Solid Shark has done a bang-up job of writing fix fics for the series itself, correcting such issues as the above-mentioned CharacterDerailment or the chronic ineptitude of the Earth Alliance. See GSD's {{Fan Fic Recommendations}} page for details.
* For a while, the StarWarsExpandedUniverse had a fascinating example. TimothyZahn had written TheThrawnTrilogy, which was often credited with kicking off the modern ''StarWars'' craze. Many of the books which followed those, however, were...not at that level. Some fans took exception, and a mini-genre of "Zahn fixes" sprang up; that is, "How Tim Zahn could fix this mess." Parallel universes, bad dreams...you get the idea. [[http://utopicworld.net/SSB/howcouldzahnfixthismess02.htm This]] is one example.
** After a number of years, Bantam Spectra, then-publisher of the ''StarWars'' books, was about to lose the license to Del Rey Books. Two of their final releases were the HandOfThrawn duology, written by Zahn, and taking place ten years after his original trilogy--and therefore after everything else that had been written. These books capped off the whole Bantam Spectra era, providing just enough justification (and well-deserved {{Take That}}s) for the most [[TVTropesWikiDrinkingGame egregious]] problems. A hinted-at and reviled romantic relationship, for example, was revealed to be a strictly-professional search for information. The duology ended with a GrandFinale that could have worked as the ending to the entire ''StarWars'' universe.
*** And given what came after, some wish it had been. Many fans have expressed disappointment with the ''NewJediOrder'', and ''especially'' ''LegacyOfTheForce'', because of what they see as CharacterDerailment, DependingOnTheWriter, WriterOnBoard, and a certain amount of ShipToShipCombat. Not to mention, [[spoiler:[[KillEmAll killing off]] Zahn's characters]] without permission.
** Zahn's ''{{StarWars/Allegiance}}'' fixes the Stormtroopers, disregarding the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy and showing readers that they're as individual as the heroes, and can be a real threat. It's a pity that Zahn seems to be the only ''StarWars'' writer to respect the (non-Mandalorian) Stormtroopers.
** Zahn isn't the only writer who has written a [[FixFic Fix Novel]], either. Mike Stackpole's ''[[JediAcademyTrilogy I, Jedi]]'' was a FixFic for the JediAcademyTrilogy, specifically calling Luke out for enabling the universe's largest KarmaHoudini, implying that [[AMillionIsAStatistic a solar system is a statistic]], and claiming (or perhaps forging) an OmniscientMoralityLicense. It also does a good job of [[JustifiedTrope justifying]] Luke's actions, straightening him out, and putting him back on the right path. Yes, ''at the same time.'' And that's only half of the book.
*** The novel also writes popular characters [[DarkForcesRising Kyle Katarn]] and [[XWingSeries Corran Horn]] into the Jedi Apprentice trilogy, allowing the novels to better sync up with the computer games and with each other.
** Finally, AaronAllston's later [[XWingSeries X-Wing books]] are a FixFic for ''TheCourtshipOfPrincessLeia''. They turn the [[HarmlessVillain cartoonishly evil]] Imperial baddies from ''Courtship'' into Intelligence-trained {{Chessmaster}}s using a [[ObfuscatingStupidity deliberately projected image to make their enemies underestimate them]]. Also, they explain the inconsistent references to [[spoiler:the destruction of ''Iron Fist'' with the ''Second Death'' gambit]].
* And that's just the pros. ''StarWars'' FixFic that's actually fanfiction is practically a genre unto itself. This troper has seen (and in fact, rather likes) a number of fix fics that do a better job of making the prequel trilogy justifiably fit into continuity better than George did himself: ''[[http://darthside.blogspot.com/ The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster]],'' a story presented essentially as Darth Vader's personal journal during the events of the original trilogy (making a number of references to the prequels) and the short, almost essay-length ''[[http://www.morningstar.nildram.co.uk/A_New_Sith.html A New Sith or Revenge of the Hope: Reconsidering Star Wars IV in the light of I-III]].'' Despite being fanfiction, this troper considers them particularly well written.
** This troper considers ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4259199/1/Sidereal Sidereal]]'' and ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4286500/1/Tyranny_Reborn Tyranny Reborn]]'' to be noteworthy examples of ''Star Wars'' Fix Fics, in that the author explicitly states that they are AU according to how he wanted the franchise to go and specifically named ''Dark Empire,'' the ''Jedi Academy'' trilogy (which these stories are specifically to override), ''New Jedi Order, Dark Nest,'' and ''Legacy of the Force'' as what he was avoiding. (''Sidereal'' begins five weeks after the end of the ''Thrawn'' trilogy.) [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2434632/1/Out_of_the_Shadows This]] one from a different author is more of a straight AU, but has a specific point that it takes off from (right after ''The Truce at Bakura'') and goes in an intentionally far different direction from the profic. (In general both authors seem to reject the idea of Luke Skywalker, "tame Jedi.")
**''Star Wars: Cerulean'' retcons the events of the ''Star Wars III'' movie: Bly disobeyed Order 66 and instead of killing Aayla Secura, he just [[HesJustHiding faked her death]]. [[http://seijimei.150m.com/Cerulean/Cerulean.html Part 1]], [[http://seijimei.150m.com/Cerulean/CeruleanPrequel.html prequel]].
** This troper once had a friend who did ''nothing'' but write fics fixing what she considered to be the most [[TVTropesWikiDrinkingGame egregious]] offenses of the ''New Jedi Order'' series. And had a large group of friends who did the same.
** The example most often cited on this wiki, though? ''DarthsAndDroids'', although the Irregulars probably never had an explicit intent to make the story "better than the original."
*** ...That's [[YourMileageMayVary debatable]]. ''Darths and Droids'' does not have Scout, Able, any of the X-Wing pilots, Mara, Pellaeon, or anything else from the ''StarWarsExpandedUniverse''. If the X-Wing pilots appear, and they probably will, they'll just be more idiot throwaway NPCs. Therefore, while ''Darths and Droids'' may be enjoyable and provide entertaining explanations for {{Plot Hole}}s, it will never even be able to ''equal'' the 'verse it's parodying, for ThisTroper.
* ''[[KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]'' is basically Chris Avellone's FixFic for the entire ''Star Wars'' universe. [[YourMileageMayVary Whether it actually works as such can vary.]]
* Chris Dee's ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/22266/ Cat Tales]]'' series {{Fix Fic}}s every piece of CharacterDerailment and bad {{Retcon}} inflicted on [[{{Batman}} Catwoman]] in the past thirty or so years of comics -- the {{Wangst}}-filled past as a ghetto prostitute, the string of {{Squick}}y non-Bat love interests and the infamous goggle-wearing costume change are cleanly slate-wiped as the [[WeeklyWorldNews machinations of a low-brow tabloid]], to which the real Catwoman responds in a ...unique... way. The series has evolved into an AlternateUniverseFic with over 50 stories... [[WandersNowhere this editor]] considers it the closest thing possible in FanFiction to authentic AdaptationDistillation.
* This troper recalls reading a ''ChronoTrigger'' FixFic that (brilliantly, IMHO) subverts this at the end. The main premise involves an OriginalCharacter who was never meant to exist and has the ability to alter Fate, and just ''happens'' to save Schala on his own and render all of ''Chrono Cross'' moot. The BigBad turns out to be the unborn spirit of Serge, the main character of ''Cross'', who denounces the protagonist's right to fix a world that wasn't broken just so that he can become the main character.
* This troper remembers a pair of excellent fanfics that fix much of went wrong in the [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffyverse]] by exploring the premise of Xander wearing an Obi-Wan Kenobi costume during the Halloween episode, not a soldier costume. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1866354/1/Jedi_Harris Part 1]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2640672/1/The_Terran_Jedi Part 2]]. (Part 2 is a work in progress).
** There's a Buffyverse FixFic listed on the FanFicRecommendations page: ''I Am What I Am,'' where Xander wears a ''different'' Halloween costume, and ''really'' is able to fix everything. And when I say everything, I mean ''literally'' everything, because he has the memories of a 97-year-old Xander who remembers almost everything bad that happened to any of the Buffyverse characters.
*[[CoriFalls Cori Falls]]'s works are an example of Fix Fic GoneHorriblyWrong. While technically she's a good writer, her idea of a "fix" was distorting the ''{{Pokemon}}'' world so that Team Rocket were the "true" heroes and Ash was an unfeeling monster who existed only to make an ass of himself and cause problems for everyone.
* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2814235/1/ A Whole New World]],'' on the other hand, is an example of a Fix Fic done brilliantly. Basically, the author undoes the events of the ''BoyMeetsWorld'' series finale, but in a way that makes sense and explores things the original canon long since abandoned.
*For extra credit in his freshman English class, [[{{Ingonyama}} This troper]] wrote a ''Romeo and Juliet'' FixFic, attempting to keep to Shakespeare's writing style while eliminating that [[ItWasHisSled irritating Act 5 twist.]] He got an A, but looking back, he's not so sure if he'd do it again...o.O
**Well, William Davenant and David Garrick thought it was a good idea, too... Even {{Shakespeare}} himself reportedly wrote an alternative ending, long since lost.
*** [[IrregularWebcomic It was just one of his]] [[HarryPotter Potter]] fanfics with "Will" and "Hermionie" replaced with "Romeo" and "Juliet".
*ConnieWillis's ''Remake'' has one of the characters work in a place called "Happy Endings" which can "re-do" the endings to sad movies and make them happy. The main character thinks this is stupid, especially since their end to ''{{Casablanca}}'' would involve [[spoiler:Ilsa's husband dying and her and Rick embracing, meaning [[InferredHolocaust the Nazis would kill them]]]]. At the end, however, he comes up with a better happy ending to ''Casablanca'': [[spoiler:a DistantFinale, where after the war is over, Ilsa (her husband dead) returns to the ruins of Rick's Bar and meets him]].
** ''TheCritic'' did something similar to spoof this concept in "Dr. Jay" via crossbreeding it with ExecutiveMeddling and ViewersAreMorons: Duke Phillips' "Phillipsvision", which not only gives happy endings to films like ''Casablanca'', but also incorporates LowestCommonDenominator elements throughout: ''Spartacus'' ends with a ''Smokey and the Bandit''-inspired chase, and [[Main/CitizenKane Charles Foster Kane's]] last word is "Schwinn."
* For some time after ''TeamKnightRider'' aired, ''every'' ''KnightRider'' fanfic would include KITT writing off the events of that series as a bad dream. Insulting the Ford Motor Company was also par for the course.
* Any ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' FanFic that affects the overall plot will fix ''something'' horrible that happened to the characters. But that's like [[strike:throwing a brick]] firing a grenade launcher and breaking glass while standing inside a 10' by 10' greenhouse.
** Subverted by the recent and in-progress fic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4109686/1/Taking_Sights Taking Sights]]'' by Lavanya Six, in which it's ''[[MagnificentBastard Gendo]]'' ''[[BigBad Ikari]]'' who goes back to fix ''his'' mistakes. In the process he manages to make things worse for himself, both through not understanding ''why'' things originally broke down, resulting in his fixes just blowing everything to hell, and through [[ForWantofaNail the butterfly effect pissing on his plans]]. Going crazy probably doesn't help much, either.
*** While definitely an example of ItGotWorse, this fic still has definite potential for improvement. Other {{Peggy Sue}}s on the [[FanficRecs/NeonGenesisEvangelion recommendation page]] have used that formula. Now, random one-shot {{Hate Fic}}s done to spite characters, those are exceptions to this rule.
** Another specific example is ''ShinjiAndWarhammer40K'', where the changes begin with Shinji discovering a case with some ''Warhammer40K'' sourcebooks and miniatures early in his childhood. The [[ForWantOfANail butterfly effect]] takes hold with the result that every change following flows mostly logically from the previous changes, until you're halfway through the whole thing and Shinji is holding a nuclear explosion '''in his hand''', and you wonder how the heck you ended up there.
** And EarthScorpion's (as yet incomplete) ''FanFic/AeonNatumEngel'' takes an unusual perspective on the whole thing. The author's actually said that he believes in the Conservation of Psychological Problems; for every time he treats someone nicer than in the original timeline, he has to make up for it somehow. And given that it's a [[HPLovecraft Mythos]] [[CosmicHorror setting]], he's doing rather well at that. Just look at who Rei's [[FirstEncounterAssaultRecon other mother]] is.
** Averted completely by Random1377's ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/483402/1/Aoi Aoi]]'', starting with [[spoiler: Rei being forced to kill Shinji (completely justified by the circumstances)]] and spiraling downward from there. It's a very good read, but holy crap...
* The Severus Snape fans tend to write stories that either ignore DH entirely, or ignore the epilogue. This troper found one spectacular pair of fics that actually stick to canon, but telling the story from Hermione's point of view and thus showing the reader action that Harry didn't directly see. The fic is very well written, and actually feels like a Harry Potter book. The characters are all in character, and there's no silly time turners thrown in. The fics are called [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4763572/1/Phoenix_Song_or_Hermione_Granger_and_the_HB_P Phoenix Song (Hermione Granger and the Half Blood Prince)]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5129305/1/Phoenix_Tears_or_Hermione_Granger_and_the_DH Phoenix Tears (Hermione Granger and the Deathly Hallows)]]. Warning: these fics are rather addicting.
* The ''HarryPotter'' fandom seems to have made quite a fashion out of PeggySue fics in which someone [[TimeTravel goes back in time]] to undo events, mainly deaths, from the books which the author didn't like. This, by the way, [[TimeyWimeyBall violates the time travel rules used in the actual series]].
** See [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4740107/1/Ginny_Returns here]]. [[spoiler: Ginny returns to the past after they lose the war and proceeds to Fix. Every. Last. Thing! She robs Harry of everything that made him who he was in the books and outsmarts everyone without a single problem to confront.]] The fact that the dialogue reads like an essay doesn't help either.
*** Neither does the fact that the author seems to enjoy [[CharacterDerailment derailing]] Ron. Pretty much everything she writes takes time to turn Ron into an utter jerk, [[RonTheDeathEater exaggerating his faults and eliminating his virtues]].
** There have been a number of fanfics that follow the events during the last book, only from Neville Longbottom's point of view at Hogwarts.
* Many {{Transformers}} fans are discontent with [[TransformersArmada The]] [[TransformersEnergon Unicron]] [[TransformersCybertron Trilogy]], and try to rewrite the entire series (yes, 52 episodes for each) to make it better fit with their sensibilities. This usually results in a fanverse that, but for the names of the characters, is absolutely nothing like the original show. Keep an eye out for DarkerAndEdgier, elimination of perceived [[TheScrappy Scrappies]], and the Decepticons as AlwaysChaoticEvil.
** And then there's rewriting ''Transformers: The Movie'' and leaving out the Dinobots. How does that even work?
*** [[DarkSoldier This troper]] is rewriting TFTM to make it more of an entertaining story, cleaning up a lot of continuity in the process. I'm making the conscious decision to include [[SignatureStyle Furmanisms]] where appropriate, avoid making Daniel TheScrappy, and paying respect to scale (hey, somebody has to!). Since I'm in art school right now, I'm hoping to actually produce my version.
* ''[[http://insertmonikerhere.blogspot.com/ Foob's Paradise]]'' can only be described as a Fix ''Comic'' that seeks to address the very bitter feelings many fans have had about the last few years of ''For Better or Worse'' and its ending. Namely by portraying the final canonical plotline about Liz's wedding as the delirious fantasy of a broken Elly Patterson while the webcomic's plot deals with what "really" happened, mostly from Liz's perspective.
* ''{{Wicked}}'' bookverse fics in which Fiyero doesn't die are highly common among the [[PortmanteauCoupleName Fiyeraba]] ''-shudders-'' [[{{Shipping}} shippers]]. There are some that are good, but [[SturgeonsLaw most are crap]].
** This troper is in awe of the stunning levels of irony in any ''{{Wicked}}'' fan complaining about FixFic.
* ''SailorMoon'' {{FixFic}}s used to frequently feature ways to explain away why Haruka and Michiru weren't ''really'' gay. Some settled for {{Fixer Sue}}s, others would twist the canon around to make Haruka turn into (or always have been) a boy. Still others would just pretend they weren't gay at all and change their relationship to merely being close friends or relatives (and this was before the dub did it for them). Other {{Fix Fic}}s focused on getting rid of [[DieForOurShip Mamoru]] and pairing Usagi up with other characters, usually through severe CharacterDerailment of either of them (e.g. Mamoru as an abusive psychopath, Usagi really being in love with Seiya... or even Haruka!). Others just thought he got off too easy post-breakup in R and devised further punishments for him to suffer through.
** Generally, Seiya and Rei are the two characters most often switched out for Mamoru in fix-it fics. These fics are almost exclusively based on the anime, since manga Mamoru wasn't such a jerk and Seiya's crush was severely smaller in the manga.
** Also, Nephrite comes back from the dead a lot, to Naru's joy. Poor Umino gets stiffed. Sometimes they take pity on the poor nerd and simply have Nephrite come back from the dead but accept that Naru moved on.
** Oh, oh! Don't forget "ChibiUsa doesn't exist" fics! Either some twist of fate makes Usagi have a different child (who fits the author's appeal better) or ChibiUsa is just removed, with no regards to the fact that she's vitally important to three seasons. Sometimes ChibiUsa is killed off so she can still save the world with Usagi, but isn't around to annoy the author.
* Let's say you decide to read some ''{{Naruto}}'' fanfiction. Wait didn't that guy die in the manga? When did Sasuke come back, and why is he dating Sakura? Did Naruto just give up on winning Sakura's heart for an unexplained reason? That doesn't sound right. And was Hinata ever this bold? What just happened to the world you knew?
**One of the most common alterations is changing the makeup of Naruto's team, which results in many subsequent changes, such as the group dynamics (the group often gets along better without clashing personalities or a [[TriangRelations Type 5 love triangle]]), and even the course of the story. This often happens when the character the author wants to ship with Naruto with a character outside Team 7, and replaces Sakura and/or Sasuke to do so.
* ''KamenRiderKiva'' has recently seen a large number of fic writers go with the AU side of the coin, [[DisContinuity disregarding]] everything from episode 43 onward. This has happened with ''KamenRider'' in the past, as many seasons prefer whipping out the KillEmAll method of storytelling near the endgame.
* ''SaturdayNightLive'''s "lost ending" to ''ItsAWonderfulLife'' is essentially a professional Fix Fic intended to eliminate Mr. Potter's KarmaHoudini. Basically, the townsfolk discover he double-crossed George Bailey, form a mob and go after Potter, who is revealed to not even really be a [[EvilCripple cripple]]. It ends with them [[SoundtrackDissonance singing "Auld Lang Syne" as they savagely beat him.]]
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': [[http://community.livejournal.com/peterandclaude/ This Peter/Claude fan community]] has a bunch of FanFic that treats Peter Petrelli as a competent person while keeping the naivete and innocence that are an integral part of his character. Essentially, they make him a much more interesting character than canon has of late.
** There are also a bunch of fics out there that [[HesJustHiding stop or undo Elle's death]] and she runs off to live with Sylar (despite having tried to kill her again) or Peter [[OT3 or both]] happily ever after.
* Dissatisfied with the fact that [[KingdomHearts Sora]] only stayed a heartless for approximately 60 seconds, this Troper wrote a FixFic where Kairi was knocked out before she could [[ThePowerOfLove hug him back into humanity.]] It ultimately resulted in one of the most fun fanfictions to write, she's ever done. Which doesn't mean that she has no regard for the {{Canon}}. It was just for fun.
* The ''CommandAndConquer'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/TiberiumWars Tiberium Wars]]'' was written more or less as a FixFic aimed at the WallBanger-worthy official {{Novelization}} of the game itself. Even though its not even past the first act of the game thus far, the general consensus among the readers is that it has well surpassed the actual novel.
** Surpassing the novel itself isn't really that much of an achievement, considering how stupid and awful it was. Some people are speculating, though, that this fic could surpass the game.
* ''Dragonball'', being such a big franchise, has entire ''genres'' of fix fic. First, you have resurrections of whatever villains the author happened to like, which is all too easy with the series' ResetButton. Then there's the vast numbers of "Vegetasei was never really destroyed" and "Vegetasei revived" fics (which admittedly are loads of fun to write). And then you have DieForOurShip fics -- usually to break up Vegeta/Bulma, turning the relationship [[CharacterDerailment disgustingly abusive]] so that Bulma can end up with Yamucha instead. Or the ones that kill off Chi-Chi/turn her from a simple TsunDere to a [[AxeCrazy murdering Psycho-bitch]] so [[WallBanger Goku can have a "real" relationship.]]
* Several ''RockyHorrorPictureShow'' fanfics involve Dr. Frank N Furter being brought back to life or are simply AU fanfics in which he doesn't die in the first place.
* This troper, after several years of trying to make sense out of the continuity (or lack thereof) in ''TheLegendOfZelda'' and its many sequels, wrote what was intended as a FixFic to sort out the details. With a little AppliedPhlebotinum and ThePowerOfLove. It actually works, provided you don't regard timeline theories as serious business.
* As mentioned on [[TroperTales/MisaimedFandom Troper Tales: Misaimed Fandom]], there's a ''TeenTitans'' fic that attempts to "fix" the "lame villains" (according to the typist) by having the Joker come to town and kill the Titans' usual enemies off in an unusually graphic manner.
** And another ''TeenTitans'' fic, part of the "Sanza Salazar trilogy", has Terra [[spoiler: revived by the actions of a group of villains instead of whatever mysterious circumstance revived her in the original series, mostly so the Titans can get to her before she decides IJustWantToBeNormal like she did originally]].
* ''{{The Storm Dragons}}'' is a well-written fanfic series presenting the world of The InheritanceCycle from the perspective of a family of Dragons, the titular storm dragons, and from Galbatorix. Turns the cannon series on it's head, and worth a read at least once.
* This has been happen quite a bit with the new ''DoctorWho'' lately. First, there was [[spoiler:Rose getting sucked into the parallel universe]] and now there's also [[spoiler:Donna getting mind-wiped.]]
* Pick a ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma]]'' fanfic, any ''Ranma'' fanfic. Any one of them that isn't set ''after'' continuity will attempt to fix one of four problems: Ranma being cursed, Ranma being engaged to Akane, Ranma being a JerkAss, and Ranma being raised by Genma. Ranma might still be a cursed JerkAss who's only a half-step up from being RaisedByWolves, but he'll invariably wind up stuck with a suddenly-caring Nabiki or Kasumi. Or someone else raised him, he's still cursed and engaged to Akane, and still a JerkAss. Or suddenly he's not cursed, and he's a jerk raised by Genma, but it's okay that he's engaged to Akane now because she's not pissed he turns into a girl! Seriously. It's ''always'' one of those four. The method by which this happens might change. It might be time travel, changing the curse, derailing Kasumi and Nabiki into ''wanting'' the pigtailed wonder, but if it travels the canon road, one of those four issues will quickly become noticeable.
** There are some that focus on "merely" shrinking down the LoveDodecahedron. Of course, they are split between the ones that consider the the Harem members removed as problems or operate on the assumption that They Can Do So Much Better.
* ''CodeGeass'' has Lelouch's unfortunate choice of words to [[spoiler: Euphemia]]. Just changing the words of that one line has unleashed dozens of alt. verse stories.
** But really, the possibilities are ''endless''. "Give me all the power and authority you possess", "Publicly announce that TheEmpire indeed sucks", "Make out with [[spoiler: [[YuriFanboy Cornelia]] ]], "[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Do the Macarena]]". The list goes on and on...
* Practically every ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' fanfic set after the GrandFinale will bring Atemu back from the afterlife or have the Ceremonial Duel between him and Yugi proceed differently. This becomes a virtual guarantee if the fanfic writer ships [[SlashFic Atemu/Yugi]]. And that's not counting the number of fics that bring ''all'' the yamis back and give them their own bodies with little explanation...
* There's some ''MegamanX'' fic that doesn't try to "fix" the story as much as it tries to have it ''make sense'', like explaining how a computer virus can actually affect a physical environment (even ''humans'') or how reploid "souls" can go back to their bodies. Besides that, there's a lot of fic splintering off from X5/X6, which had multiple endings and was a pretty important point in the series.
** Other stories include ones where Iris never died, ones where Gate lives and gets together with Alia, ones where the author's favorite Maverick never died and became good again ...
** For a while, there was a common fanon theory that everyone in the ''{{Megaman}}'' universe was killed during the 100-year gap. A few authors tried to fix this by having them plausibly disappear off radar or get new bodies.
**Most of the "common sense" problems of the ''X'' and ''Z'' series actually seem to vanish if one assumes as many Capcom games as humanly possibly are actually part of the same continuity, and the "big evils" that keep showing up are all related, at least in terms of their "stuff of evil". Psycho energy as the basis of the maverick virus makes a lot of sense, if you're not too terrible worried about maintaining the serious tone of the later games.
* ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fandom has [[FanPreferredCouple Canon!Zutara]]. Yes, whether it is tweaking the course of the series itself or having multiple instances of an OfficialCouple breaking up the [[TroubledButCute Angsty Bad Boy]] and the [[CanonSue Sweet Good Girl]] must be destined to get together and them not doing so is the catastrophic error of the writers.
* ''Firefly'' doubtless has many stories that undo [[spoiler:Wash's death]]. [[http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=14891 Here's]] one of them.
** Dyne's [[FanFicRecommendations "Horseshoe Nails"]] series fixes [[spoiler:both Book ''and'' Wash's deaths]] through TheButterflyEffect of Jayne becoming closer to River. Somehow it ''works''.
**There's also ''[[Fanfic/{{Forward}} Forward]]'', which also undoes [[spoiler:Wash and Book's deaths]], though in a much more straightforward RetCon.
*''FinalFantasyVII'' also houses many of those, often with some time travel and centering on Cloud. I found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4659395/1/A_Box_Full_of_History some of them]] very entertaining as they explained it with quantum mechanics, didn't [[DieForOurShip forget any characters somewhere]] and threw in a reference to the Revolutionary Knitting Circle for extra flavour.
* Superhero comics fandom has a fix fic for any minor change in character or plot that you didn't like in the last decade, but this troper recalls a huge number that popped up after the death of Stephanie "The Spoiler" Brown either reviving or vindicating her. The fact that Chuck Dixon seemed to take a leaf -- if not his entire plot and most of the angst -- from the fanficcer's books when he brought her back a few years later didn't help matters much.
* The return of Hal Jordan as GreenLantern was much the same, using elements from more than one fic written by outraged GL fans after the Parallax arc [[spoiler:and the (temporary) destruction of the Corps]].
* Several ''Blood+'' stories fix Diva [[spoiler:killing Riku]]. Whether it be changing her mind of [[spoiler:"having him for herself forever" (read: killing him) by abducting him]] or [[spoiler:Riku being able to fight her off by the transformation properties of chevalier finally manifesting]], it fixes that bit.
*''DeathNote'' has a growing number of these. It seems that the most common fix is undoing or preventing [[spoiler: L's death]]. Another variation is having [[spoiler: Light win or live at the end.]]
** Even [[TheMovie the live action movie]] changes the ending, incorporating one of the more common fan suggestions.
*Many, many ''{{Torchwood}}'' fics, which undo (from the end of Season Two) [[spoiler: Tosh and Owens's deaths]]. And an even larger raft of post-Season Three fics which address [[spoiler:Ianto's death]] and [[spoiler: Jack's actions regarding his grandson.]] One large and vocal subset of these fans have even [[spoiler: created a campaign and a website to coordinate efforts to petition The Powers That Be to bring Ianto back -- http://community.livejournal.com/savecoffeeboy . Unlike the series creator's or one main actor's comments in interviews, there are well over a thousand registered members -- with more joining daily. ]].
* IsaacAsimov wrote a short story, "The Up-to-date Sorcerer", that serves as a FixFic to the ending of the GilbertAndSullivan operetta ''The Sorcerer''. The characters, all familiar with the operetta, find themselves in an identical situation, discard the solution used in the play as unworkable, and come up with a better way to resolve the dilemma. [[http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hrgsp/pastshows.php At least one]] modern production of ''The Sorcerer'' has used Asimov's ending instead of the original.
** While working on a production of ''The Sorcerer'' a couple years ago, this troper and her castmates decided on an alternate-ending-slash-Fix-Sequel. Alexis (being the spotlight hog that he is) makes a last-minute heroic self-sacrifice, and Aline becomes the sorcerer's apprentice so she can look for a way to bring him back. This troper actually started writing the thing -- it's entitled "70 St. Mary Axe, or, Love Me!" -- and someday she swears she's going to finish it.
* The ''{{Redwall}}'' Series has quite a few [[FixFic Fix Fic]]s dedicated to reviving Rose, Martin's love interest. YourMileageMayVary with any of them, but some do a very good job of keeping it within {{Canon}} and providing a legitimate reason for her being OnlyMostlyDead. ThisTroper finds [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3817978 this story]] to be one of the best.
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